{"product_id":"what-i-didnt-see-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"What I Didn't See and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKaren Joy Fowler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWorld Fantasy Award Winner\u003cbr\u003eShirley Jackson Awards shortlist\u003cbr\u003eLocus Award shortlist\u003cbr\u003eStory Prize Notable Books\u003cbr\u003eFrank O'Connor Award longlist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeautifully written and subtly discomforting stories.--Nancy Pearl\u003cp\u003eAn exceptionally versatile author.--\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her moving and elegant new collection, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller Karen Joy Fowler writes about John Wilkes Booth's younger brother, a one-winged man, a California cult, and a pair of twins, and she digs into our past, present, and future in the quiet, witty, and incisive way only she can. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe sinister and the magical are always lurking just below the surface: for a mother who invents a fairy-tale world for her son in \"Halfway People\"; for Edwin Booth in \"Booth's Ghost,\" haunted by his fame as \"America's Hamlet\" and his brother's terrible actions; for Norah, a rebellious teenager facing torture in the World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Award winner \"The Pelican Bar\" as she confronts Mama Strong, the sadistic boss of a rehabilitation facility; for the narrator recounting her descent in \"What I Didn't See.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith clear and insightful prose, Fowler's stories measure the human capacities for hope and despair, brutality and kindness. This collection, which includes two Nebula Award winners and stories which have been significantly rewritten since first publication, is sure to delight readers, even as it pulls the rug out from underneath their feet.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaren Joy Fowler: Karen Joy Fowler is the author of six novels including Booker Prize finalist and international bestseller \u003ci\u003eWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, \u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eWit's End\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Jane Austen Book Club\u003c\/i\u003e -- which spent thirteen weeks on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book, and was adapted as a major motion picture from Sony Pictures. Her novel \u003ci\u003eSister Noon\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the 2001 PEN\/Faulkner Award for fiction, and her short story collection \u003ci\u003eBlack Glass\u003c\/i\u003e won the World Fantasy Awards. Fowler and her husband, who have two grown children, live in Santa Cruz, California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 197\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769981698336,"sku":"9781931520485","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cdfd95252237c83c87c6bb4a715c6c8f.webp?v=1780361739","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/what-i-didnt-see-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}